Printing machine



Jan. 19, 1932. E. c. HARTLEY PRINTING MACHINE Filed April 26, 1929 5Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan. 19, 1932. E. c. HARTLEY PRINTING MACHINE Filed A ril26, 1929 3 Sheets-Sha 2 Jan. 19, 1932. E. c. HARTLEY PRINTING MACHINEFiled April 26. 1929 3 Shets-Sheet Patented Jan. 19, 1932 A PATENTiorrlcr: v I

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' "This invention relates to printingniaflu chines of tliewkinddescribed in my co.- pending application Serial No. 353,408 filed April8; 1929, in which .aplurality of print; ing impressions are made from asingle body form and changeable address forms.

"The primary object of the invention is to avoid manual handling of theaddress print ing forms and to -provide-mea 11s for me,chanicailyfeeding these. forms to and from printing position. I 1 vAnotherobject of theinvention-is to pro+ vide a printing machineio'fsimple, noveland compact designand construction 1 for doing Work of thisclass and which can he Leasily operated without exceptional-skill andwith a minimum amount of labor.

In the accompanying drawings illustratin'g a selected emlxidiment oftheinven tion I i Fig. '1 is a top plan'view of the machine Withthe sheetholder broken away;

Fig.2 is asectional elevation on the line 2+2ofFigr1. V a

F-ig. 3-is a transverse 'sect ionallvview on the line 3+3 ofFig. 1; I a

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Fig. 5 is a sectional View (on the line of-Fig: -1 i Fig. e6-iis.a'transverse sectionaliview on the line.6.6 oii Figll. a

Referfing-ioithe' drawings '1' designates generally-t e :mainzfrani o thmachin which. is PROVidfid' with shed 2 adapted to receive a stationarylprinting formand is made in any suitabiegshapeu A stationary printing:form of any suitableliirld may b used but I prefer one comprising sheetmetal sections having print ng characters em ossed thereon as SlIQWl1andreferredto, for example, in PatentjNo 1,543,066,.Junr3'23, 1925.Ribbon spoolsare supported on the main frame and carry an 'inlr'ri'bb'on"3 stretched across the printing forms on'the bed as described in my copend'i11gapplication. A

carriage 4 is reciproca' ble on a carriage. frame above the bed anditbarries a sheet supply holdertiandis operated byhandle 7. A slide 8 ismovable in transverse .gu ielesfi in the bedand this slid'e'i'soperated' iby-a 1929. Serial lid- 33,191.

leverlO and a link connection 11 with the slide, 1F igs. 1, 6. The leveris pivotedto the. frame at 12 and carries a roller '13 which operates ina grooved cam 14 on shaft 15 supported in hearings in the main framebeneath the bed. A magazine 16 is mounted on the. main frame at one sideof thebed to hold. a supply of address printingdevices 17,- and anothermagazinelS, Fig. 2, is sup: ported on the. main frame for receiving theaddress printing devices after they are ;dis.-

charged from printing position. rThese'used address printing devices aredischarged into the magazine 18 upon a yielding support 19 which yieldswith the weight of the printing devices and maintains them compactlyarranged in a stack. The slid-e8 carries an anvil .20 provided withdevices 21 for en-L gaging the ends of a printing device '17 andretaining it on the anvil registered with a stop device 22, Fig. 5,which is pivoted at 23 on the anvil. A reciprocableframe is provided forfeeding the lowermost printing device from the supply magazine 16 ontothe anvil, Fig. 5, and this frame comprises two connected side bars 24traveling on rollers 25 mounted in the main frame. "The side bars haveshoulders 26 to engage and push the printingdev-iceontothe anvii. Aspringpressed .dog 27 is pivotally supported on the feed frame farenough beyond the shoulders 26 to permit the dog to operate to push theused pr-intingdevice off of the anvil before the lowermost printingdevice in the niaga zine 1-6 is moved by the shodlders 26 onto theanvil. The feed frame-is operated by a handle lever 28 rigidly mountedone. short shaft 29 supported in bearings in the main frame. The hub ofthe handle lever is provided Wil'dril. segment gear 39 which meshes witha pinion 31 on the cam shaft 15 to rock said shaft. An arm rigid on thecam shaft engages and operates aforked lever 33 which is pivotallyconnected at :34 to one end of a link 35 pivotally connected at itsother end 36 with said frame. A spring 37 is fastened to the main frameand to the forked lever 33 and a yield ing-stopi88 is arrangedon'themain frame to be engaged by the forked v lev-er. 1n

operating the machine the handle lever is w to pushed forward initiallyand only a short distance to the left, Fig. 2, to move the feed frame tothe right. This movement of the feed frame will eject a used printingdevice from the anvil and will deliver the lowermost printing devicefrom the magazine onto the anvil. The feeding movement of the feed frameis effected through the rock shaft 29, segment and pinion 31, causingthe arm 32 to move the forked lever 33 to the right, Fig. 2, andthereby, through the link connection 35, actuate the feed frame 24. Thenthe handle lever 28 is swung from its forward position to the left toits rearward position to the right, Fig. 2, and during this movement thefeed frame is retracted by spring 37, the slide is moved laterally bycam 14 to carry the anvil and the printing device into printing relationwith the stationary form. There is sufficient lost motion in theoperation of the cam to permit the slide to remain at rest during thefeeding and also during the retracting movement of the feed frame. Afterthe printing device has been positioned for printing the carriage ismoved forward on its printing stroke to the left, Fig. 2, and is thenreturned to initial position as shown in full lines in Fig. 2. Thehandle lever is then swung forward and first the slide is moved to theleft, Fig. 1, carrying the anvil into position for the operation of thefeed frame to discharge the used printing device and to deliver a freshprinting device onto the anvil. The machme is conveniently operated by asingle operator using both hands successively, his left hand foroperating the printing device feed and his right hand for operating thecarriage. The stop device 22 comprises a cross-bar 39, Figs. 2, 3, andside bars 40 which are arranged alongside the anvil and are pivoted at23 thereto. A spring-pressed bolt 41 projects through the anvil and thecross-bar 39 into a recess 42 in the anvil and this bolt has a shoulder43 which engages the cross-bar. A. rocker 44 is supported in the mainframe, Fig. 1, and it is provided with an arm 45 which carries a stud 46arranged to engage the lower end of the bolt 41. Another arm 47, Fig. 6,on this rocker carries an adjusting screw 48 which is arranged in thepath of an arm 49 on the hub of the segment 30. These devices areprovided to swing the stop device 22 up in position to form a stop gaugefor the printing device being fed forward from the magazine 16 but theparts are timed so that the step device will not be raised until afterthe used printing device has been pushed thereover sufficiently topermit the complete discharge of the used printing de-. vice from theanvil.

Sometimes during the operation of a machine of the character to whichthis invention appertains, it is desirable that certain of the printingdevices introduced into the magazine be used in the printing operation,while others are, as it is termed, skipped, and to so determine whetheror not a printing de vice is to be used in a printing operation is whatis known as selection. In the present device, such an arrangement isprovided, and this is done in a manner which is known as visibleselection. The operation, as above described, is one which may beadvantageously used in a visible selection, and by referring to Fig. 1it may be seen that the printing device fed onto the anvil is in plainView of the operator prior to movement thereof into printing relationwith the stationary printing form. In the operation, as previouslydescribed, it has been pointed out that the operating handle 28 is movedfrom the intermediate dotted-line position shown in Fig. 2 into thedotted-line position illustrated at the left of the intermediateposition in said figure to effect the feeding operation. hen the handle28 has been moved from the intermediate position to the positon at theleft and back into the intermediate position, one printing device willhave been ejected from the anvil, and a new printing device will havebeen fed thereonto. Movement of the handle 28 from the intermediatedotted-line position shown in Fig. 2 to the dotted line positionillustrated at the right in said figure moves the anvil to carry theprinting device into printing relationship with the stationary printingform, and movement in the opposite direction retracts the anvil backinto original position. When a visible selection is desired and theprinting device fed onto the anvil is to be skipped, this lattermovement of the handle 28 into the dotted line position at the right inFig. 2 is not performed, but the handle 28 is again moved into and fromthe dotted-line position shown at the left in Fig. 2. Thus, theoperation of feeding the printing device onto the anvil may be carriedout so that each print-- ing device fed thereonto will be used in aprinting operation or, if desired, the printing device may beimmediately ejected theref1 om Without being used in a printingoperation. Thus, the handle 28 and the positioning of the anvil in avisible location provide a visible selection, the advantage of which isreadily apparent.

The invention provides a machine of simple and compact constructionwhich is ad apted to be easily and rapidly operated for printing andseparately addressing letters. While the invention is primarily intendedfor use in connection with the machine of my co-pending application itis not intended to be limited to such use for it can be combined withmachines of different constructions and I reserve the right to make allsuch changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts of theinvention as fall within the scope of the following claims.

I claim? a 1. A printing machine comprising a main frame having aprinting bedadapted' to support a stationary printing form, a magazineadapted to hold a plurality of movable printing devices, means forfeeding a printing device from the magazine, an anvil arranged in thepath of movement of said feeding means for receiving and carrying thefed printing device into printing relation with said'stationary form,and .means for reciprocating said anvil laterally of the bed between thereceiving and printing positions.

2. A printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bedthereon adapted to support a stationary printing form, a magazineadapted to hold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvilmovable between an initial printing device receiving position and asupporting position wherein the printing device thereon will be disposedin printing relation with the stationary form, means for reciprocatingthe anvil laterally between said positions, and means for feeding aprinting device from the magazine onto the anvil when the anvil isdisposed in said initial position.

3. A printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bedthereon adapted to support'a stationary printing form, a magazineadapted to hold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvilmovable between an initial printing device receiving position and asupporting position wherein the printing device thereon will be disposedin printing relation with the stationary form, means for reciprocatingthe anvil laterally between said positions, and means for discharging 'aprinting device from theanvil and for. feeding a printing device fromthe magazine onto the anvil when the anvil is disposed in initialposition.

4. A printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bedthereon adapted to support a stationary printing form, a magazineadapted to hold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvilmovable between an initial printing device receiving position and asupporting position wherein the printing device thereon will be disposedin printing relation with the stationary form, means for moving theanvil laterally between said positions, means for discharging a printingdevice from the anvil and for feeding a printing device from themagazine onto 'the anvil when the same is disposed in initial position,and common manually operable means for "operating the last-named meansand theanvil moving means. a

5. .Aprinting machine comprising a main frame having" a printing bedthereon adaptedto support a stationary printing .form, a magazinearranged alongside the bedand adapted to. hold a plurality of printingdevices, an anvil movable between an initial printing device receivingposition and a supporting position wherein the printing device thereonwill be disposed in printing relation with the stationary form, meansfor moving the anvil laterally between said positions, means for feedinga printing device from the magazine onto the anvil, and a singlemanually operable means for operating said anvil moving means and saidfeeding in 621113. i

anvil moving means and said feeding means,

and a platen carriage reciprocal over the bed and operable independentlyof the operating means for said anvil moving means and said feedingmeans.

7. A printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bedadapted to support a stationary printing form, a magazine adapted tohold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvil, means forfeeding a printing device from the magazine onto the anvil, and meansfor operating said feeding means comprising a rock shaft, a handle leverfor operating said rock shaft, and connections between said rock shaftand the feeding means for imparting feeding movement to said feedingmeans.

8. A printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bedadapted to support a stationary printing form, a magazine adapted tohold a plurality of movable printing devices,-an anvil, means forfeeding a printing device from the magazine onto the anvil, and niea nsfor operating said feeding means comprising a rock shaft, a handlelever'for operating said rock shaft,connections between said rock shaftand the feeding means for imparting feeding movement to said feedingmeans, and means for returning said feeding means to normal position.

9. A printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bedadapted to support a stationary printing form, a magazine adapted tohold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvil movable betweenan initial printing device receiving position and a supporting positionwherein the printing device thereon will be disposed in printingrelation to the stationary form, means for feeding a printing devicefrom the magazine to the anvil, a cam shaft, connections between the camshaft and the feeding means for operating the feeding means, a cam onthe cam shaft, means intermediate of the anvil and the cam for operatingthe anvil to move the same laterally between said positions and a handlelever operatively connected to said cam shaft for effecting independentoperation of the feeding means and the anvil.

10. A printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bedthereon adapted to support a stationary printing form, a magazinearranged alongside the bed and adapted to hold a plurality of movableprinting devices, an anvil movable between an initial printing devicereceiving position and a supporting position wherein the printing devicethereon will be disposed in printing relation with the stationary form,means for discharging a printing device from the anvil and for feeding aprinting device from the magazine onto the anvil when the anvil isdisposed in said initial position, and means for alternately operatingthe feeding and discharging means and a means for moving said anvillaterally between said initial and supporting positions.

11. A printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bedadapted to support a stationary printing form, a magazine adapted tohold a plurality of movable printing devices, means for feeding aprinting device from the magazine, an anvil arranged in the path ofmovement of said feeding means and receiving and carrying the fedprinting device into printing relation with said stationary form, meansfor registering the printing dev'ce on the anvil, and means forreciprocating said anvil laterally of the bed between receiving andprinting positions.

12. A printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bedadapted to support a stationary printing form, a magazine adapted tohold a plurality of movable printing. devices, means for feeding aprinting device from the magazine, an anvil arranged in the path ofmovement of said feeding means and receiving and carrying the fedprinting device into printing relation with said stationary form, a stopdevice on the anvil to limit the feeding movement of the printingdevice, and means for laterally reciprocating said anvil betweenreceiving and printing positions.

13. A printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bedadapted to supporta stationary printing form, a magazine adapted to holda plurality of movable printing devices, means for feeding a printingdevice from the magazine, an anvil arranged in the path of movement ofsaid feeding means and receiving and carrying the fed printing deviceinto printing relation with said stationary form, a stop device, meansoperable from the feeding means for positioning said stop device in thepath of movement of the printing device being fed onto the anvil tolimit the feeding movement of said printing device, and means for movingsaid stop device to permit discharge of the printing device from theanvil.

let. A printing machine comprising a main frame, a magazine adapted tohold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvil, means fordiscl'iarging a printing device from the anvil, means for feedingprinting device onto the anvil, and means on the anvil operable from thefeeding means and disposed in the path of movement of the printingdevice to limit the feeding movement of the printing device onto theanvil.

15. A printing machine comprising a main frame, a magazine adapted tohold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvil, means fordischarging a printing device from the anvil, means for feeding aprinting device onto the anvil, a stop device pivotally mounted on theanvil and movable into the path of movement of the printing device tolimit the feeding movement of the printing device onto tie anvil andmovable out of said pa h of movement to permit the discharge of theprinting device from the anvil, and common manually operable means foractuating the feeding means and the stop device.

16. i printing machine comprising a main frame, magazine adapted to holda plurality of movable printing devices, an anvil, means for discharginga printing device from the anvil, means for feeding a printing deviceonto the anvil, a stop device, means operable from the feeding means formoving said stop device into the path of movement coincident with thefeeding movement of the printing device, and means for moving the stopdevice out of stopping position after the printing device comes to reston the anvil.

17. A. printing machine comprising a main frame. a magazine adapted tohold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvil, means fordischarging a printing device from the anvil, means for feeding aprinting device onto the anvil, a movable stop device, and meansoperable from said feeding means for moving the stop device intooperative position to register the printing device on the anvil.

, 18. A printing machine comprising a main frame, a magazine adapted tohold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvil, means fordischarging a printing device from the anvil, means for feeding aprinting device onto the anvil, a stop device, means cooperating withsaid feeding means for moving the stop device into operative position toregister the printing device on the anvil,

and independent means for returning said stop device to normalinoperative position after the printing device has been reglstered 011the anvil.

19. A printing machine comprising a main frame, a magazine adapted tohold a plurality of movable printing devices, an anvil, means fordischarging a printing device from the anvil, means for feeding aprinting device onto the anvil, a stop device, means cooperating withsaid feeding means for moving the stop device into operative position toregister the printing device on the anvil, and yielding means tensionedwhen the stopdevice is moved into operative position and op erating toreturn the stop device to normal inoperative position after the printingdevice has been registered on the anvil.

20. A printing machine comprising a main frame embodying a printing bedhaving a stationary printing form thereon, a. magazine adapted to hold aplurality of movable print ing devices, an anvil movable between an initialprinting device receiving position and a supporting positionwherein .the printing device thereon will be disposed in printingrelation with the stationary printing form,

means for moving the anvil laterally between sald positlons, means forfeed ng a printing devlce from the magazine onto the anvil rails saidplaten roller will urge a sheet toward the printing device on the anvilwhereby an impression will be made on said sheet from said printingdevice through said ink ribbon.

23. A printing machine which has a bed, supporting rails extendingacross the machine above said bed, a carriage movable along said rails,a platen roller mounted in said carriage, and an ink ribbon stretchedover said bed, the combination of a horizontal guideway in said bed andextending from one side thereof, an anvil slidable in said guideway, andmeans including a manually operable lever for reciprocating said anvilalong said horizontal guideway from and to a position at the side ofsaid bed whereat a printing device may be disposed thereon and to andfrom a position on said bed and below said ink ribbon whereby when saidcarriage is moved along said rails said platen roller will urge a sheettoward the printing device on the anvil whereby an impression will bemade on said sheet from the printing device through said ink ribbon.

EMMETT G. HARTLEY;

when the same is disposed in said initial position, and a handle movablein one direction for operating said anvil moving means and movable inthe other direction for operating the feeding means whereby the feedingmeans may be operated independently of the anvil operating means topermit printing devices to be passed over the anvil without being movedinto printing relation with the stationary form.

21. A printing machine comprising a main frame having a printing bedthereon adapted to support astationary printing form, an anvilreciprocable between an initial printing device receiving position and aprinting position wherein the printing device thereon will be disposedin printing relation with the stationary form, and means including amanually operable lever for reciprocating the anvil laterally betweensaid positions.

22. In a printing machine which has a bed, supporting rails extendingacross the machine above said bed, a carriage movable along said rails,a platen roller mounted in said carriage, and an ink ribbon stretchedover said bed, the combination of a guideway in said bed and extendingfrom one side thereof, an anvil slidable in said guideway, and meansincluding a manually operable lever for moving said anvil along saidguideway from and to a position at the side of said bed whereat aprinting device may be disposed thereon and to and from a position onsaid bed and below said ink ribbon whereby when said carriage is movedalong said

